Digital and Media
Literacy: Connecting Culture and Classroom
by Renee Hobbs
Chapter 7: Life Online
“We live now in a time where social
networking software explicitly encourages people to share every quiver and
shiver of their lives, where the very words “participation” and “connection”
are automatically magical, it seems” (Hobbs, pg.124).
I think everyone can agree that they have
that one friend that puts every little detail of their day on social media.
There are some people that think that they really do need to share every piece
of their life on their social media profile. It is nice to be able to interact
and connect with those people that you don’t get to see during a normal day.
Social media allows use to stay connected and be in each other’s lives when we
can’t live close together.
“When we read a novel or view a fiction
film, we are brought into the author’s constructed world, which we actively interpret
in relation to our own experience” (Hobbs, pg.135).
I completely agree with this and am guilty
of this. Every book that I read or movie that I watch I compare it to my life
and what would happen if those same events were to happen to me. When I am
reading a book I escape into the authors world and sometimes forget where I am
once I finish. That’s something that I love about reading and watching movies
that are fiction, it gives you an escape route for a little bit of time during
a crazy day.
“Learning to live responsibly when it comes
to online communication is a process” (Hobbs, pg.138).
Responsibility with online communication
comes in stages. You have to know when to put something online and consider
those that may read or view what you have posted. In this chapter it gave
different examples of students venting online and the consequences that they
faced for doing so. There are so many things that you must consider before you
post something online or in a chat room. Once you have posted something it is
out there forever, even if you delete it. Some of our students really need to
learn to live responsibly when it comes to online communication and social
media.
I created this meme based off of my first
quote. People like to post every aspect of their life on social media. Students
today need to start becoming digital citizens and know when to post things and
when not to. They need to understand the consequences of their posts and how it
can affect others that may read it. We all need to learn to be responsible when
it comes to online communication.
I think you did a good job with your meme. The image shows a woman crying, and the text regarding people who post entirely too much personal information online gives the impression that this woman is so tired of reading these posts that it's literally brought her to tears. Either that, or she feels sorry for these people because they don't realize how unnecessary and frankly annoying their posts can be. Granted, people can post whatever they want on their own personal pages, but it does get old to read the same posts over and over, especially when they are negative in context, regarding people's marital problems, complaints about work, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe idea and message of this meme is very clear. I also like the graphic you chose. It adds some humor, but with realistic and although it is sad, true thoughts/facts. It hits viewers first with the humor, and then leaves them with the afterthought of “this is really true”… wow. I may need to, or some people need to reevaluate what they are posting on the internet. Way to be original and clever!
ReplyDeleteThis is really good, and though I've probably never cried over this topic, I understand the feeling you're trying to convey here. People put WAY too much out in the world of people they don't know or barely know. Then, when it blows up in their face, they wonder how this could have happened or why, when all it would have taken was a little common sense to start.
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